Lyman Barton to Melissa Barton
Information
Parent Collections - Vermonters in the Civil War
- Barton Family Correspondence
Title - Lyman Barton to Melissa Barton
Creator - Barton, Lyman, 1839-1936.
Date Created - 1864-08-12
Description - Lyman Barton writes of how disgusted he is with the outcome of the Battle of the Crater (i.e. Battle of Petersburg Cater, Va.) ,and how he feels it was the “shamefullest thing that I have seen or herd of since I have been out” blaming generals of jealousy of one another resulting in great loss of men. He also writes of having been in 12 or 13 battles and not gotten hurt yet plus gives news of two of his brothers, Henry and Hiram, who are both in the hospital.
Subject - Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1864-1865.
- Families of military personnel.
- Armed Forces -- Officers.
Extent - 5 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2013-03-25, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Genre - correspondence
Type of Resource - text
Publisher - Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries
Date Captured - 3/25/2013 8:54:51 PM
Access Conditions - Requests to reproduce this item should be sent to Vermont Historical Society Library, library@vermonthistory.org.
Access Conditions [Local] - No Copyright - United States
Identifier [Local] - cwvhsBartonLyman13
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
Digital Format - image/tiff
Digital Format - Text/Color: 24 bits; 300 ppi
Other download options
Current document
Format
Pages
The defined range is higher than allowed